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Seminar on Postharvest Handling and Storage of Kinnow fruit

A seminar on postharvest handling and storage of Kinnow fruits was conducted at Citrus Estate Bhunga, Hoshiarpur. Dr Satbir Singh Gosal, Vice Chancellor, PAU, Ludhiana was the Chief Guest. Dr BVC Mahajan, Director, Punjab Horticultural Postharvest Technology Centre emphasized that Kinnow is much less demanded in the North region due to cold weather. However, the demand of Kinnow fruit in southern states is comparatively high. Therefore, farmers should send their produce after proper waxing, grading and packing to distant markets for getting better price. Sh Jaspal Singh Assistant Director Horticulture enlightened the farmers to avail the benefit of various schemes under National Horticulture Mission Programme for creating postharvest infrastructure at farm level. Dr Satbir Singh Gosal Vice Chancellor advised the farmers to formulate cooperatives for better marketing of their valuable produce to domestic and distant markets. He also guided the farmers to follow the standard pre-harvest and postharvest practices to maintain the quality of their crops as recommended by Punjab Agricultural University. Dr Ritu Tandon, Dr Swati Kapoor and Dr Pooja practically demonstrated the use of green fungicide based on tulsi essential oil or its component eugenol as an effective antifungal agent that can be used by mixing these in already used citrus wax coatings. This will help in reducing spoilage incurred during transportation of Kinnow to distant markets.

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